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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 6739389, member: 110350&quot;]Yes, after reading people write about treating BD by putting it in various solutions for weeks at a time, a 1-minute immersion did seem rather fast!&nbsp; I&#039;ll just assume that she knew what she was doing, that the Benzotriazole for 24 hours is what really did the job, and that as long as I keep an eye on it I can catch any recurring BD in plenty of time. Either by bringing it back to Hixenbaugh so his conservator can re-treat it, or, if it happens 15 years from now and the store is no longer around, by finding someone else to treat it or doing it myself.</p><p><br /></p><p>I should make very clear, in case anyone thinks I sound like I already have regrets, that I&#039;m very happy with the bull. It&#039;s a wonderful little artifact. I wouldn&#039;t have bought it if I&#039;d had any kind of bad feeling. Not when I spent more on it than I&#039;ve ever spent on a coin, and as much as I&#039;ve ever spent on any other antiquity! (I paid about the same for a couple of my Attic black-figure lekythoi.)&nbsp; Tastes may differ, but between you, me, and the lamppost, I like it as much or better than either of the other small bronze Apis bulls that were recently available, shown in the two photos above. Even if it&#039;s not in the same class as some larger examples like this one available at Hixenbaugh for $9,300 (see <a href="https://www.hixenbaugh.net/gallery/detail.cfm?itemnum=7302" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hixenbaugh.net/gallery/detail.cfm?itemnum=7302" rel="nofollow">https://www.hixenbaugh.net/gallery/detail.cfm?itemnum=7302</a>), or this one sold at Christie&#039;s for 16,250 GBP (see <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/ancient-sculpture-and-works-of-art/an-egyptian-bronze-figure-of-the-apis-bull-26th" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/ancient-sculpture-and-works-of-art/an-egyptian-bronze-figure-of-the-apis-bull-26th" rel="nofollow">https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/ancient-sculpture-and-works-of-art/an-egyptian-bronze-figure-of-the-apis-bull-26th</a>).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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